Sink and sink-strainer.



No. 745,968. PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903. J. KOSLOPSKY.

SINK AND SINK STRAINER;

APPLICATION FILED 111N317, 1903. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEBTSSHEET 1.

' WITNESSES IIVVEIVTOI? By a L/ahad Zv/fi ATTORNEYS UNITED STATESFatented December 1, 1903.

JULIUS KOSLOPSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.-

SlNK AND SINK-STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,963, dated December1, 1903.

Application filed June 17,1903. Serial No. 161,762. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS KOSLOPSKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sinks and Sink-Strainers, of which the following is a specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved sink andsink-strainer whereby the danger of the drain pipe or pipes leading fromthe strainer becoming clogged is entirely obviated and whereby the sinkmay be kept clean at all times; and with this and other objects in viewthe invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form apart, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin eachof the views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sinkand sink-strainer made according to my invention, part of theconstruction being broken away; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical sectionthereof; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showinga modification;Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the sink alone with thestrainer removed; and Fig. 5, avertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig.3.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, I have shown an ordinarysink a, which is oblong and rectangular in form and in which is placed aframe 1), comprising side members Z9 end members b and a bottom portion19 which is about two-thirds the length of the sink and terminates at band over the end of which at b is placed a transverse bar or support 6and the frame I) is provided with corner legs or supports b whereby thebottom portion 5 thereof is supported a predetermined distance above thebottom a of the sink. The end portion 12 of the frame I) at thedischarge end of the sink and the transverse bar or support b arepreferably slightly below the top of the sink, and I also provide aremovable box or receptacle 0, which fits in the end portion of theframe b, at the end 5 of the bottom b thereof, and which is providedwith side flanges 0 which rest on the end piece b of the frameb and onthe transverse bar or support b and the box or receptacle c is provided.with handles 0 by which it may be manipulated or taken from the sink orplaced in position therein whenever desired. The box or receptacle 0 isalso rectangular in form, and the bottom thereof extends nearly to thebottom of the sink, and the side and end walls thereof are taperedinwardly, wherebya space d is formed between one side and both endsthereof and the corresponding walls of the sink, and both the sides andends of said box or receptacle are perforated, as shown at o, to form astrainer. The inner side of the box or receptacle 0 is provided over thebottom portion 19 of the frame I) with a transverse opening 0 and byreason of the construction herein described a main receptacle d isformed over the bottom portion 19 of the frame 1), into which the waterand other substances to be strained and discharged from the sink arefirst placed, and placed in this main receptacle (1 is a scraper d comprisingatranverse plate having a flexible bottom member d of rubber orany other suitable material, and the top of which is provided withprojecting fingers d, which rest'on the top of the'frame b and sink a.The bottom of the sink a is also provided at one end with a drain-pipe6, having a removable strainer 6 and this drain-pipe may be placed underthe box or receptacle 0, as shown in the drawings, or it may be placedat the opposite end of the sink or at any desired point in the bottom athereof. In using this sink and strainer the water and other substancesare placed or poured or dumped into the receptacle d, and the water,with material which it is desired to keep from passing into thedrain-pipe e, flows through the opening a into the box or receptacle c,and the water flows through the perforations 0 which operate as astrainer, into the bottom portion of the sink,while the refuse or suchsubstances as it is desired should not pass into the drain-pipe e areretained in the box or receptacle 0, and said box or receptacle may beremoved and emptied and cleaned whenever necessary. The scraper 01 isused for the purpose of scraping material from the bottom e of thereceptacle d into the box or v in Figs. 1 and 2.

receptacle 0; but this scraper does not form an essential feature of myinvention and may or may not employed.

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, the sink a isprovided about midway thereof with a horizontal partition-plate f andwith an upright partition-plate g at the end thereof, and these partsform the receptacle d, and the partition-plate 9 takes the place of thebar or support b, (shown in Fig.2,) while the adjacent end of the sink ais provided with a hearing it, and the flanges c of the box orreceptacle 0 rest on the transverse partition-plate g and the hearing orsupport h.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the entire frame I)is removable, together with the box or receptacle 0; but in theconstruction shown in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, only the box orreceptacle 0 is removable; but the operation will be the same in allrespects as with the construction shown \Vith both forms of constructionit will be seen that a supplemental receptacle (1 is formed in one endof the sink and discharges into the removable strainer, consisting ofthe box or receptacle 0, which extends below the bottom of thesupplemental receptacle, and these constitute the chief feature of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, a sink having a horizontalpartition-plate which extends a portion of its length, and a removablestrainer-box placed in the sink at the end of said partition-plate andprovided in the side thereof adjacent to said partition-plate with anopening, the bottom of the sink being also provided with a drain-pipe,substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the class described, a sink which is oblong in formand provided at one end with a horizontal partition-plate which extendsthe greater part of the length thereof, a removable strainer-boxsupported in said sink at the end of the partition-plate and the side ofwhich is provided over the partitionplate with an opening, the partitionand the strainer-box forming a receptacle over said partition-plate,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device of the class described, an oblong sink the bottom ofwhich is provided with a drain-pipe, a removable frame placed in saidsink and provided with a horizontal bottom portion of less length thanthe sink, a. removable strainer-box placed in said frame at the end ofthe bottom portion of said frame and extending below said bottomportion, and the side of which adjacent to said bottom portion of theremovable frame is provided with a transverse opening, the said frameand the removable strainer-box forming a receptacle over the bottomportion of the frame, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a device of the class described, an oblong sink the bottom ofwhich is provided with adrain-pipe, a removable frame placed in saidsink and provided with a horizontal bottom portion of less length thanthe sink, a removable strainer-box placed in said frame at the end ofthe bottom portion of said frame and extending below said bottom portionand the side of which adjacent to said bottom portion of the removableframe is provided with a transverse opening, thesaid frame and theremovable strainer-box forming a receptacle over the bottom portion ofthe frame and handles formed upon said strainer-box, substantially asshown and described.

5. In a device of the class described a sink provided in one end with asupplemental receptacle adjacent to one end of which is placed aremovable strainer the bottom of which extends below the bottom of thesupplemental receptacle, said supplemental receptacle and strainer beingin communication, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of June,1903.

JULIUS KOSLO PSKY.

